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Bruce Lee's Last Command and The Game of Death, which have been circulating for decades, are actually starring Tang Long. Bruce Lee's original shot was only ten minutes, and the rest was played by body double Tang Long, but Bruce Lee's name was still marked on the final cast of the film, so Tang Long became the leading actor who was not the leading actor. This remake is completely different from Bruce Lee's original idea. The original story tells that a group of peerless masters went to a five-story tower to seize a treasure, and each floor in the tower was guarded by experts. On that day, in addition to Bruce Lee, two other actors (their scenes were deleted in the makeup version) went to the tower to break through the customs, while Li talked about his martial arts theory while fighting in the play, but all of them were deleted in the version released in 1979.
Tang Long, formerly known as Tai Chung Kim, is a Korean Kung Fu movie star who once starred in the game Death and the Tower of Death. It should also be pointed out that there is no Bruce Lee in death tower, but some silhouettes of several films arranged in front of him and behind Tang Long (body double). This "Game of Death" tells the story that Nubia, a superstar, is chased by gangsters, playing a death game that covers the sun and taking revenge in the dark. Finally, he destroyed the gang's lair in one fell swoop. ...
Unfortunately, the revision of Game of Death (1978) was not Bruce Lee's original intention at all. Only some fighting scenes (original shots taken by Bruce Lee in those years) are preserved in the play, including the wonderful fighting between Bruce Lee and the Korean Aikido master (Leopard Hall) for nearly 12 minutes (the version released in Hong Kong is supplemented), and the two-stage stick fight with the master Lu Yi Sandu in the Tiger Hall, as well as Black Jabbar. Therefore, the so-called "game of death" we see is not a real "game of death" at all, nor is it original by Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee's original idea is:
Bruce Lee, a Shaolin disciple, went to a five-story tower with two other martial artists to get the treasure at the top. The tower is guarded by 50 people. The three of them passed smoothly.
Outside the tower, a group of kung fu warriors are guarding;
The first floor is guarded by Han Zaiji's martial arts star disciple Huang Renzhi (who played the Japanese karate warrior in Crossing the River);
The "Leopard Hall" on the second floor is guarded by experts sent by Mantis.
The "Tiger Hall" on the third floor is guarded by Dan Ilushandu, the "King of Filipino Sticks";
The fourth floor "Dragon Hall" is guarded by Han Zaizhi, a master of Korean Aikido gold belt.
The fifth floor of the Unknown Hall, which is also the most difficult floor, is guarded by the NBA "Tiangou" and the black giant Jabbar, who is 2.18m tall.
When Bruce Lee broke all the customs alone, he went to the fifth floor. Finally, I saw my hard-earned treasure chest. But when he opened it, he didn't see a piece of gold and silver jewelry, only a note that said, "Life is a process of waiting for death." Finally, the film gives people such a Zen ending.
This is Bruce Lee's original idea. But at that time, he only took some complete footage of himself and Aikido masters Irushando and Jabbar, which was complete.
Also, the game of death was not the title that Bruce Lee wanted in those days, although the English title of the film was Game of Death. However, in the scene of filming that year, there was a billboard that marked the first scene of the film (and there is one now), which clearly said "the game of death" in Chinese.
The game of death was released in 2000 and included in the journey of warriors. Yong is a half documentary and half film.
1994 By chance, John Little and Linda Cadville (Xiaolong's wife) found the martial arts design manuscript and script of "The Game of Death" planned by Xiaolong in their former residence, including 40 minutes of precious shots taken by Xiaolong himself without exposure. Later, John Little and Long Biyi found these clips in Jiahe Film Warehouse, and then edited them into a documentary about 90 minutes according to Xiaolong's original script, named "Bruce Lee-A Warrior's Journey". This film held its world premiere in Hong Kong Film Archive on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2000.
Bruce Lee's original book The Game of Death tells the story that the family of a martial arts master (played by Bruce Lee) was kidnapped and taken hostage. As a condition to redeem the hostages, the owner was forced to go to a five-story high tower somewhere and seize the "secret treasure" hidden at the top of the tower. All the way to the top, the closer to the top, the stronger the opponent. Launch a veritable "death game".
Before shooting, Bruce Lee personally drew a design sketch for the five-story tower in the film. Explained in detail the situation of "master guards" on each floor in Chinese and English: outside the tower, there is a group of kung fu warriors guarding it; The first floor of the tower is guarded by Han Zaiji's martial arts star disciple Huang Renzhi (who plays the Japanese karate warrior in Crossing the River); The "Leopard Hall" on the second floor is guarded by experts sent by Mantis. The "Tiger Hall" on the third floor is guarded by Dan Ilushandu, the "King of Filipino Sticks"; The fourth floor "Dragon Hall" is guarded by Han Zaizhi, a master of Korean Aikido gold belt. The fifth floor, which has no tricks and is also the most difficult floor, is 2. The 23-meter NBA "Tiangou" and the black giant Jabbar are guarding.
And Bruce Lee, Tian Jun, Chen Yuan, three people, are the three masters who were ordered to join forces to fight the tower and attack the top floor to win the treasure. Among them, Li's kung fu is the highest, and he often makes the last move. Tian He's people are jealous and unconvinced by Bruce Lee's superb martial arts in the play, but they have to rely on Li to help create obstacles. The relationship between the three people is quite subtle. When they reached the top floor, Tian He and others took advantage of Bruce Lee's desperate struggle with the enemy, leaving Li himself behind, trying to get there first, and finally being killed by Qiao Ba. Or did Li finally win, defeated all the strong enemies, and finally stumbled down the tower, dragging his tired body and covered with scars
The special "ally" relationship of the three tower-building masters implicitly alludes to the truth that some people in the Wulin are disunited, abandoned their friends under the drive of interests, and finally brought about their own destruction.
1973 After the New Year, Bruce Lee was busy filming the new film enter the dragon with Hollywood, so he had to suspend the filming of The Game of Death. After the filming of enter the dragon, Bruce Lee died suddenly on1July 20, 973, leaving a lasting regret for future generations.
1In September, 977, Hong Kong Golden Harvest Film Company entrusted Robert Krause, a famous American director who had collaborated with Bruce Lee on enter the dragon, to complete the filming of The Game of Death. Klaus used three-body body double (or five-body body double, according to some sources), such as Korean martial arts star Tang Long (whose real name is Tai Chung Kim), to start filming with actors from Hong Kong and the United States. And changed the title of the film to the game of death. After the filming was completed, the plot of the film was completely changed in order to accommodate the performance of body double. And brought the copy back to Hollywood for clever editing, and inserted a large number of facial features in Bruce Lee's films into the paragraphs filmed in body double, making it impossible to argue whether it is true or not.
The remake of Death Game was released in Hong Kong on March 23rd, 1978, which was a sensation. Unfortunately, in the original, Bruce Lee shot three fighting scenes with Irushandu, Han Zaiji and Jabbar, which took about 40 minutes (if you add the lens and the wrong lens, the actual main film will take about two hours). However, the remake of Game of Death only kept two battles between Irushando and Jabbar, and the battle with Han Zaiji was completely cut. Even the two battle scenes with Irushando and Jabbar were greatly abridged. The scenes with James Tien and Chen Yuan in the picture were completely cut out, and a lot of interesting conversations between Bruce Lee and Irushandu and Jabbar were also cut out! In fact, the original fighting scene of Bruce Lee in the remake of Game of Death is only about 1 1 minute! What a pity! ! 1994, Japanese and American Bruce Lee researchers cooperated with filmmakers, and finally found out all the master films of Bruce Lee's original "Game of Death" from the film library of Jiahe Film Company, and carefully edited them according to Bruce Lee's original script and filmed the suffix part of the film. So far, the only movie that can see the original panorama of Bruce Lee, The Game of Death, has come out.
The first half of the film is a wonderful documentary, which lasts about an hour. It can see the scenes of Xiaolong's competition in Long Beach, his audition on the set in 1965, his interview with Pierre in 7 1 year and his practice at home in the United States, Bruce Lee's personal collection of home videos, handwriting and many other extremely precious scenes, including interviews with Karim Abdel-Jabbar Jabbar, Linda, Kimura and others.
The last 40 minutes or so was wonderful! All original films made by Bruce Lee in those years. * * * There are three complete scenes of fighting with Irushandu, Han Zaiji and Jabbar filmed by Bruce Lee, which have not been edited (including the scenes of Tien Yin and Chen Yuan and a lot of interesting conversations between Bruce Lee and Irushandu and Jabbar). Fans will be excited!